#4996CB#4996CB

#4996CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.110 H 241.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4996CB
RGB	rgb(73, 150, 203)
HSL	hsl(204, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(204, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 26.1%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.47, -7.40, -34.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.47, 35.11, 257.84°)
OKLab	oklab(64.7% -0.0527 -0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(64.7% 0.11 241.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.4294, 27.5385, 60.5163)
Luminance	0.2754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4996CB #CB7E49

analogous

#49CBBF #4996CB #4955CB

triadic

#4996CB #CB4996 #96CB49

tetradic

#4996CB #BF49CB #CB7E49 #55CB49

square

#4996CB #BF49CB #CB7E49 #55CB49

split-complementary

#4996CB #CB4955 #CBBF49

monochromatic

#225577 #3076A7 #4996CB #79B1D9 #A8CDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#4996CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#4996CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4996CB

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4996CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4996CB	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E96CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C89CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4996cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 150, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.110 241.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b4db',
    500: '#4996cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4996cb;
$custom-light: #88b4db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4996cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.462,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64702,
    "c": 0.11,
    "h": 241.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4996CB

secondary

#D4B39C

accent

#8649DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4996CB

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →